so moving on...i'll just concentrate sa guest centerpiece. the 2 pictures i've shown in my blog are the ones that she e-mailed me. this one. (who wouldn't love this?)

and she showed me this.. because she was supposedly showing me the bamboo vase. which i loved also.

she described the guest centerpiece in our contract like this:Two different sized bamboo vase containers will be arranged with:Round arrangement of burgundy roses and yellow celosiaArrangement of White orchids and imported variety white calla lilies with twig accent

and gave us this:wow. THAT's it!?

she said she did everything stipulated in the contract. how will we freakin know from the words in our contract that it will turn out this way!??! gawwwd. and the bamboo vase.. she said that alone costed her 5000 bucks.. all i can say is.. "you were ripped-off!" ohmigosh sino supplier mo nung hideous vases na yun? i told you i had great suppliers of bamboo diba? you texted me na meh nakita ka na, and mas mura. i could have shown you vases 10 times more beautiful than that for the same price.

her argument is she did everything in the contract so she wants me to change my supplier rating and clarify stuff about the "cons". i clarified na. sa taas. as to change my supplier rating.. hmmm. isipin ko muna.

ayowkow.

hindi ko nagustuhan yung guest centerpiece. period. i liked the words sa contract nya.. but not the end result. well.... so much for words then.

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((((Lala and I talked and I misunderstood her. she wasn't asking me to change the rating, just to clarify the stuff listed on my "cons" list. I asked my sister (who's in the States, so I had to catch her online to talk to her) and she said there was a throw-away bouquet given. Sabi pa ng kapatid ko "Hindi ba nabigay kay Jing? (the one who lost in the games)" sabi ko "Bakit, inabot MO ba?" Syempre siya magbibigay nun *sapok keh Kapatid* . And ask din about the petals sa foyer, sabi nya wala daw siyang napansin, baka napatungan ng gifts and maling table ang nagamit.

I still don't like the freakin guest centerpieces! 20k namin huhuhu.))))

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

hihihihi. i can't help it.. i can't seem to stop smiling.. Pangs gave me a dozen of peach roses and he had it delivered in my office. hihihhi. *giddy smile* i never thought of myself as a flower type of girl but getting roses in valentine's really makes one feel special. i get the "uyy ganda naman nyan" comments.. the "okay tlga pag newly wed pa uh!".. (uy uh.. mabigay tlga ng flowers si Pangs ko! last year he gave me yellow calla lilies, same as my wedding bouquet! i think i blogged it here).. and the suspense from Manong as to whom he will give the flowers to. woohoo,, it's mine! ang saya saya! lol!

last night Pangs gave me a pre-valentine's gift already.. i thought that was it hihihi. i was actually v. happy about it.. he gave me 3 mini-cookbooks.. pero i was kidding him that "abah, last year flowers ngayong mag-asawa, cookbook na!" hehe. siguro na konsensya, lol!

Friday, February 10, 2006

here's my utang to fellow w@wies.. i've been delaying the inevitable ('cause i know it's gonna be long and difficult to do) so a word of caution. this is gonna be looong.

my rating will be 1-10, 10 being the highest. if i'm super happy with the supplier (as in perfect, highly recommended, you'd have to be insane not to get them as well) i'd have their names in Red.

Astoria Hotel, Ortigasrating: 7

if you're looking for a cheap, spacious suite then go for Astoria..we booked 2 1-bedroom suites (1 for me, 1 for raymond's family) .. 1 had a late checkout (free of charge, checked out around 3pm) 1 room was booked for 2 nights. 3k a night (Pramerica had a corporate account)

pros: -cheaper than most suites (compared to Linden and Discovery) -lenient to large groups coming up to your suite

Inday (the one at the office) is pretty easy to talk to. They even call you up to follow-up on certain things (like someone called us up to confirm our Garden reservation, we cancelled that one 'cause it was too small for our number of guests) i recommend this church! everyone said it was really beautiful. an officemate who is getting married booked there after seeing it.

pros:

-very photogenic. lahat nagsabi ang ganda ng church -large parking space -staff was very efficient. the manangs even had yellow and green scarfs to match our motif. a manang also arranged for a confession just before the ceremony..(which i completely forgot to arrange) -on time nagsimula -easy to book -considerably cheap (10k only)

cons: -can be quite hot inside. walang naitutok sameng electric fan nung umpisa lol! buti na lang ate chary adjusted it and gave us a paper fan -the one way straight to the church is full of jeepneys and tambays

ms. tet's a family suki..my sister has 3 (or maybe more) bridesmaid dresses made by her.. she made 2 of my cousin's bridal gowns and their entourage.. i recommend her (even with the 6 for efficiency) because the gowns really turned out well. and she's really affordable.

- ms. Tet was there at the hotel to help me get dressed (with an assistant). she delivered the dress as promised the night before at the hotel. - i like talking to her. she's honest. (she'll tell you what looks good in pictures, on you) at first i was adamant on having pale yellow as my motif, TG she stopped me. nagdadabog pa ko nun kasi ayaw ko ng bright yellow pero i realize now that she's right kasi ma-wa-wash out lang yun sa dilim ng church namin. my secondary sponsors

- she doesn't pressure you to instantly book her at your first meeting. - she's v. affordable.

-the team is very friendly. and pros tlga yun kasi people can be quite nervous on a wedding day and they made everyone laugh out loud with their hirits and kwentos. -madge and her team was there from start to finish. (they were the first to arrive) -makeup lasted. as in. she did a retouch just before my march (lip gloss, blush, oil blot) but that's it. yung mga susunod puro blot na lang ng oil and lipgloss kasi makeup was in place. -worth every cent!

when Anne posted in w@w that her hubby will be offering his services for free i quickly emailed her even though she said it will be for Feb and March weddings only. She emailed me back the good news that yes, Gel can be our backup photographer. Yipeee! tuwang-tuwa ako nun kasi meh backup photog na kami!

pros: -i gave them a 9 because of Titus. wala naman part sa contract na siya magrerelease ng butterflies, pero she did. she went to the hotel, gave the butterflies, went to the church and released them. once while i was walking and 2nd on our first kiss as husband and wife. -v. cheap.. 2500 for 100 pieces. -ms. Mariella (??arrgh i forgot her name) the owner, was v. friendly at the bridal fair -2nd release was perfect

cons: -i don't know what happened ('cause she even asked if single bouquet or separate stems) with the throwaway bouquet but it was nowhere to be found. (Lala said meron daw siyang naendorse sa sister ko, so my sister probably lost it)

-was disappointed with the guest centerpieces. she showed me these....

i mean, overall, from our guests' point of view, v.v. elegant ang decor namin. it's just that, disappointed kami ni pangs kasi it was nowhere near our expectations dahil pagnagkukwento si lala, she will really explain stuff in detail and we loved everything she said tas ndi namin nakita on the day itself. i can't get over the fact na ang layo tlga ng guest centerpieces! wahahaha!

PSE Auditoriumrating: 9

we first reserved the garden beside Nuestra but was later rejected by the Tanders because they saw it unkept and our number of guests increased so we decided to look for another venue. my cousin, Ate lala, also had her wedding reception there so i first adamant at first not to have the same venue as hers. (kasi NSDG din siya eh!) kaya lang, talagang mahirap maghanap ng venue kung san meh flexible kung sino ang caterer and yung kasya ang 200 guests namin. when my MIL saw the Auditorium for the first time, sabi nya "book nyo na toh!". rate was 4k an hour, setup time at 100/hour, to open the fountain, additional rate of 400bucks/hour.

cons: - didn't hear a single barry white song. demmit. pero only because our program was moving pretty fast kasi lahat naman ng kinanta nila, (during dinner time) were on our list. - the prewedding preps for TSG is a nightmare. do i have to enumerate? search nalang ng archives sa yahoogroups, andun lahat ng hinaing ko. basta, they need better client management if they want to stay long in the business. - TJ sang this Our Father during the ceremony na well.. speechless ang guests kasi no one could join him. extremes are reaction.. some said super ganda, some said "watda?" lol.

Melissa Ferrer (emcee- 09189292862 - rate: 3k)

i only met Melissa personally on the day of our wedding. solely relied on the reviews of fellow w@wies. i didn't tell the tanders that or they would've freaked out! we finalized the program through email and YM only!

in-demand melissa

pros: - easy breeeezzzyy to talk to. - v. articulate, did a great job - (some of my guests thought she was a personal friend! hehe) - rate is v. affordable - everyone enjoyed the games

cons: -nagkakalituhan kami before kung san kami magmimeet para sa replacement ng barong..kasi she would go in Manila for a few days lang so hirap siyang i-meet.. in the end, via LBC lang din pala.

Invitations - don't know how to rate kasi iba iba supplier. lol! parang DIY na rin ..inserts from Recto (25bucks for 3 inserts) ..box from my Tita Penny (free, she's an exporter, she usually makes these by the thousands, so am not sure if i should give her number) i only specified that i wanted a 5x5 box, 1/2 " thick. ..painting of box by Ms. Marge of Artfinds (5 bucks each) ..maps by us, we did the Ribbon and tags

pros: - v. cheap - everyone loved it - price included everything for the coasters.. ribbon and tag - excellent work she did for our boxes - ms. marge also designed our invite for free (she was the one who came up with color (burnt amber), the raffia ribbon, etc.. kala nyo creative kami ano? lol!)

*WHEWWWWWWWWW* grabe. did you know it took me almost a week to finish this? at hindi pa ako tapos.. honeymoon (Shang Mactan Island Resort and Alona Tropical and Alona Kew) supplier ratings to follow!!

v.v. huuuge thanks to Mama Benz and John who created weddingsatwork.com and the yahoogroup for b2bs. dami kong supplier nakuha from the reviews of fellow w@wies and everyone in the group was so helpful!

About Me

i'm addicted to blogging, and reading other people's blogs.. i'm a super couch potato, absolutely loooove Dr. House, Capi from GREEK, Dan Humphrey and Johnny Pacar.. i'm a reader.. chick-lit, paulo coelho, dan brown, you name it, i probably got it.. i'm the luckiest girl in the world to have found a husband who is so endearing, so loving, so faithful and so masipag..i constantly want my hair short..and i can't KEEP hobbies, i can't give full effort to anything, other than TV...i'm very ningas cogon, i would get excited over something whether it's cooking/baking or a business idea/travel plans to the extent that i would exert energy on it every minute, every hour over the entire week then forget about it on the next..my music preferences change so much..currently i like Franz Ferdinand, the Killers, Coldplay, Muse, Death Cab for Cutie, Switchfoot..wish Gavin deGraw gets a new album..i used to be a big fan.. i easily lose interest to a particular band/singer 'cause when i absolutely love something, my winamp list just repeats the song/s over and over and over and OVER again until i get so sick of it.